The British Museum was stablished in 1753, the country's first public national museum. It houses the world's largest collection of artefacts dedicated human history, art and culture, with a ...

The British Museum began in Jamaica. It was there that Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753) had gone as physician to the island’s new governor, Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle. Sloane was born in ...

from rare survivors of Hans Sloane’s collections that formed the foundation of the British Museum in 1753, to specimens currently in preparation in our beetle colonies. Since the early 1970s, the ...

The scandal led to the resignation of the museum’s director, Hartwig Fischer, who was later replaced by Nicholas Cullinan. Founded in 1753, the British Museum remains a major cultural ...

After his death in 1753, Sloane's will allowed Parliament to buy his extensive ... The government agreed to purchase Sloane’s collection and then built the British Museum so these items could be ...

Originally founded in 1753 to document human history, art and culture, the British Museum is based inside a large Robert Smirke-designed complex constructed during the early to mid-19th century. The ...